Please join us this Thursday for the 3rd Annual Postdoctoral Symposium in Human Genetics. Light Refreshments with Cookies, Fruit, and Coffee will be available starting at noon and the program will begin at 12:30 with our Keynote Seminar.

Thursday, September 12, 2024
West Lecture Hall, MedSci II
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Light Refreshments Will Be Available
This seminar is open to the public.

Dr. Albert's lab uses genomics, genome engineering, and synthetic biology to study how natural genetic variation shapes gene expression and complex traits. Learn more about The Albert Lab.



Keynote Seminar “Genetic Variation in Yeast Protein Degradation and Human Milk”
Frank W. Albert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, & Development
University of Minnesota


Presentations From:
Dr. Shelby Hemker, DHG Kitzman Lab
Dr. Samantha Regan, DHG Bielas Lab
Dr. Umesh Kumar, DHG Hammoud Lab
With Participation from DEEB Postdocs: Drs. Jake Berv, Matt Holding, and Matthew Moreno.


2024 Program

12:30 - 12:35pm
Introductory Remarks
Sebastian Vishnopolska, PhD
Human Genetics Postdoctoral Fellow, Kitzman Lab

12:40 - 1:35pm
Keynote Presentation, “Genetic Variation in Yeast Protein Degradation and Human Milk”.
Frank Albert, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, & Development
University of Minnesota

1:40 - 2:05pm
“15,000 Skeletons, or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Phenotype”.
Jake Berv, PhD
Schmidt AI in Science Fellow
Michigan Institute for Data Science

2:10 - 2:35pm
“Hunting for the Molecular Basis of Predator-Prey Coevolution Between Snakes and Rodents”.
Matt Holding, PhD
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Postdoctoral Fellow, Ginsburg Lab

2:35 - 2:50pm
Coffee / Restroom break

2:55 - 3:20pm
“Functional Redundancy and Pathogenic Mechanisms of RING1 and RNF2 Variants: Insights from H2AK119ub1 Dosage in Human Neural Development.”
Samantha Reagan, PhD
Human Genetics Postdoctoral Fellow, Bielas Lab

3:25 - 3:50pm
“DNA Repair-Reporter Deep Mutational Scanning Comprehensively Maps Missense Effects in MUTYH”.
Shelby Hemker, PhD
Human Genetics Postdoctoral Fellow, Kitzman Lab

3:55 - 4:20pm
“Trackable Agent-based Evolution Models at Wafer Scale”.
Matthew Moreno, PhD
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Postdoctoral Fellow, Zaman E3 Lab

4:25 - 4:50pm
“Generation of Testis Organoids from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells”.
Umesh Kumar, PhD
Human Genetics Postdoctoral Fellow, Hammoud Lab

4:50 - 5:00pm
Concluding Remarks
Sebastian Vishnopolska, PhD
Human Genetics Postdoctoral Fellow, Kitzman Lab